Table 3 Partial correlation values between different network measures and age after adjusting for sex and ACE-R total score. Network measures were estimated using different values of network-defining connectivity threshold r.

From: Reorganization of brain networks and its association with general cognitive performance over the adult lifespan

Network-defining correlation threshold

r = 0.2

r = 0.25

r = 0.3

r = 0.35

r = 0.40

Shortest path length

−0.37 (2.53 × 10−5)

−0.35 (5.24 × 10−5)

−0.33 (2.16 × 10−4)

−0.29 (8.95 × 10−4)

−0.25 (5.23 × 10−3)

Global efficiency

0.37 (2.24 × 10−5)

0.36 (4.22 × 10−5)

0.33 (1.61 × 10−4)

0.30 (6.40 × 10−4)

0.26 (3.45 × 10−3)

Degree

0.29 (0.0011)

0.26 (0.0038)

0.23 (0.012)

NS

NS

Betweenness

−0.42 (1.03 × 10−6)

−0.40 (3.71 × 10−6)

−0.37 (2.15 × 10−5)

−0.34 (1.25 × 10−4)

−0.29 (1.00 × 10−3)

  1. NS – no significant correlation was observed after correcting for multiple comparisons using FDR q < 0.05. (*) p-values.
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